Post by SHIMMER office on Mar 28, 2015 2:55:37 GMT -6

Today (Saturday, March 28th) is SHIMMER 71: The ChickFight Tournament, live on iPPV from the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds (344 Tully Road) in San Jose, CA! Bell time is 12PM Pacific. Tickets will be available at the door.

Those who order the SHIMMER 71 iPPV will not only get the live stream of the event, but will also have access to the VOD of the event to re-watch in the future via the WWNLive web site. As with all SHIMMER video content, the matches from SHIMMER 71 will also be made available soon at ClickWrestle.com as MP4 downloads.

Post by emperorcorndog on Mar 28, 2015 19:33:28 GMT -6

Man, what a fantastic show. I was bummed that so many of my favorites couldn't make it to this one, but everyone who did put one a fantastic display. Well, almost anyway.

I was there live front row, and had a blast. My only 2 complaints would be that we got no intermission; which we definitely could've used, but I figured they were on a ridgid time schedule; so it was understandable, but it took a lot out of the atmosphere during the later matches. The other being the Melissa v.s. Havok letdown. That was definitely not the showing I would expect from those two. Hopefully the Berwyn crowd will get something a little better in the inevitable rematch.

I thought Evie was absolutely sensational. While I always liked Evie before; she wasn't among my absolute top favorites, but she might as well be my 2nd favorite now. She was just phenomenal in each of the 3 matches, and I was bummed to see her not win the whole thing. Kay Lee definitely deserved to win though in her own right.

Nikki Storm is amazing as usual. I thought Mia Yim really put on a great show, I thought the DQ finish that got her elminated was such a robbery. Mia so deserved to be in that main event.

It was great to see Tomoka in her last title match, and then I got to meet her after the show. She's definitely going to leave a huge void when she retires later on. I really enjoyed the title match, and my only issue is I don't know where everybody got the streamers. There was definitely one less than there should've been.

Fantastic event overall. IMO; This was a much better show than last year, and I'm just thrilled that I got to be there. Cheers!

Post by stevea21 on Mar 29, 2015 9:39:15 GMT -6

With 2 more shows that day, they definitely needed to be disciplined time-wise, as they were. I was very impressed at WWN's ability to do so this year - I went to 6 of their shows - no long waits for doors to open, no long waits for shows to start. Only the SuperShow went more than 2 3/4 hours, I believe. Nicole Savoy impressed once again. I wasn't thrilled by Evie's match with Portia, but her 2nd round match with Nicole was sensational, as was the final between Evie & Kay Lee Ray - those 2 truly are the future, whether they remain available to Shimmer or get snapped up by a larger company.

Post by Woo on Mar 29, 2015 17:21:31 GMT -6

My thoughts!

Evie vs Portia was a good opener. Evie is sensational and would be my #1 target if I was looking to hire women for a promotion. The end was silly and made Portia look like a moron.

Nicole Savoy vs Candice LeRae. This was my first time seeing Nicole and I was excited after all the hype, but I was a little let down by her here. Candice was her usual great self and I wanted her to win this but Nicole looked rather reckless at times here. The German to Candice looked rough as hell and then she bloodied Candice's nose with a kick. Thought Nicole was on the cusp of a face turn here, but I guess she was just actually concerned about Candice. LeRae looked a little miffed at the end.

Nikki Storm vs Cherry Bomb was a great comedy match and Nikki's promo at the start was hilarious and I loved Veda Scott (who was great all night- as was Portia) being amazed by Storm's acomplishments!

Kimber Lee vs Kay Lee Ray was good too. I loved Kimber stopping KLR going to the top rope, excellent stuff. Kimber catching KLR in the air was incredible too.

Mia Yim vs Athena. Well this was always going to be MOTN and it delivered massively. The two women who in my opinion should be the #1 & #2 babyfaces in the company going at it. Sad for Athena that she lost this early. I guess Nicole isn't going to be losing the title anytime soon so it makes sense to hold off onto the Mia/Athena vs Matthews title matches for later I guess. Go out of your way to see this. Pity it wasn't in the Eagles club as this is the match I've been waiting for the most for quite some time and I'm sure other Shimmer fans have as well.

Melissa vs Havok was... a little disapointing. I don't know if there was some confusion as to whether the end was going to be Melissa cheating using the ropes or the ref not seeing Havok's hand on the rope and in that confusion both were done, but Jessika soooo clearly had the rope that I legit thought the ref was in Melissa' pocket or something and had screwed her. Melissa's entrance though with that ovation gave me goosebumps. Melissa did a good job of turning the fans against her too.

Evie vs Nicole was a great match too. The second best of the evening. Again though Nicole's German suplex was scary. Savoy to her credit did win me back with with her submissions which came from nowehere and reminded me of Eden Black a little. I am glad that Nicole wasn't given the place in the final this early into her career though given that Evie just lost a Shimmer match I didn't think she was going to win the final eithr.

Nikki Storm vs KLR. I just want to start by saying that I find it so annoying when Portia says she can't understand a word Nikki says. It just irritates me for some reason, but she's a heel so it's not so bad. Fun match but I thought KLR's swanton looked like she landed on her own neck and made me wince everytime she went for another one from here on out. It's going to be hard to keep Nikki heel and KLR cheapshotting Nikki during the handshake got the fans to turn on her for a little which, so that was a mistake.

Mia Yim vs Melissa. The crowd were rather dead for this one. Burnt out after seeing these two already maybe? They really weren't into this and struggled with much after this in general actually. The match itself was quite ordinary and plodding and again the end was stupid. Havok looks like a moron and then Yim looks like an idiot for not slapping Jessicka (although that might be even more stupid actually...) Mel's ****-eating grin ontop of the ramp was gold though. I was sad Yim lost here as a Evie/KLR/Yim match could have been a better final and not had unclean finishes.

Matthews vs Nakagawa was a good contest. LOVED the ammount of streamers Nakagawa got and laughed at the lone streamer after they cleared the ring! The overbooking at the end was tiresome by this point, though Veda being the lawyer of Portia is an angle I really could get behind.

The Chick Fight Final started out as a bit of a mess with all three just aimlessly throwing punches out at eachother until Havok's music played. I assumed they tremendous the run-in a little too early here, but it still was the 4th match overall and the 3rd in a row to have a run-in. I did laugh at poor Dave saying that Mel cheated in her first match (true) and then trying to blame the end of the Yim/Melissa match on Melissa saying "she pulled the ref into danger so Havok could attack her" like she's a genius who can read the future haha! Melissa's elimination was ummm strange... why exactly did Evie lay across Melissa and let KLR to the swanton on her back? Silly girl!

The end portion of the match was good and despite knowing she wouldn't win I still wanted Evie to pull this out. Still credit to KLR for the win! A really good show overall.

Match of the night- Athena vs Mia YimMVP of the night- Evie

"Give a man a gun and he thinks he's Superman........Give him two and he thinks he's God."

Post by Evergrey06 on Mar 30, 2015 10:43:49 GMT -6

I don't really think the finish to Nicole and Tomoka can be called "overbooking." The Ninjas situation was a story leading in to the weekend and that's how it played out. It wasn't really without a point.

Post by jack on Mar 31, 2015 7:56:33 GMT -6

Today (Saturday, March 28th) is SHIMMER 71: The ChickFight Tournament, live on iPPV from the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds (344 Tully Road) in San Jose, CA! Bell time is 12PM Pacific. Tickets will be available at the door.

Those who order the SHIMMER 71 iPPV will not only get the live stream of the event, but will also have access to the VOD of the event to re-watch in the future via the WWNLive web site. As with all SHIMMER video content, the matches from SHIMMER 71 will also be made available soon at ClickWrestle.com as MP4 downloads.

Post by Woo on Mar 31, 2015 13:22:07 GMT -6

Today (Saturday, March 28th) is SHIMMER 71: The ChickFight Tournament, live on iPPV from the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds (344 Tully Road) in San Jose, CA! Bell time is 12PM Pacific. Tickets will be available at the door.

Those who order the SHIMMER 71 iPPV will not only get the live stream of the event, but will also have access to the VOD of the event to re-watch in the future via the WWNLive web site. As with all SHIMMER video content, the matches from SHIMMER 71 will also be made available soon at ClickWrestle.com as MP4 downloads.

Chick Fight Round 1Evie bt Perez with the TTYLNicole Savoy bt Candice LeRae I think with a German suplex move in the end.Nikki Storm bt Cherry Bomb with the Perfect StormKLR bt Kimber Lee. Can't recall how.Mia Yim beat Athena with the 450 Splash.Cheerleader Melissa by Havok with her feet on the ropes and with Havok's arm on the bottom rope too.Chick Fight Second RoundEvie bt Savoy with the TTYL, I think.KLR bt Nikki Storm with the Swanton BombCheerleader Melissa bt Mia Yim via DQ after Havok ran out and attacked MelissaShimmer Championship MatchNicole Matthews bt Tomoka Nakagawa with the Vancouver Maneuver after a Perez distractionChickFight Final1st FallEvie pinned Cheerleader Melissa with KLR ontop of her after Evie's corner kick followed by a KLR Swantom Bomb2nd FallKLR bt Evie with the Swantom Bomb

"Give a man a gun and he thinks he's Superman........Give him two and he thinks he's God."

Post by Rich K on Apr 1, 2015 18:25:04 GMT -6

Could be just this once since they're stacking up the show. Or, could be they're trying to find the ceiling the market will dictate for their ticket prices, which given how fast these tickets have been moving, they have yet to hit.